Moral Conflict: When Social Worlds Collide

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SAGE, 1997 M03 20 - 234 pages

In an original synthesis of communication theory and their own research and experience as intervention agents, the authors of Moral Conflict describe a dialectical tension between the expression and suppression of conflict that can be transcended in ways that lead to personal growth and productive patterns of social action. Several projects are described as practical examples of these ways of working.

 

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Contents

Discovering Moral Conflict
3
Understanding Conflict
29
The Problem of Moral Conflict
48
The Quality of Public Discourse
85
Patterns of Expressing Difference
107
Fighting and Making Peace
126
New Forms of Eloquence
151
Model Projects in Transcendent Discourse
168
Achieving Transcendence
211
Transformative Conversation
215
48
219
49
226
Subject Index
229
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Moral Conflict: When Social Worlds Collide
W. Barnett Pearce,Stephen W. Littlejohn
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About the author (1997)

Stephen Littlejohn (Ph.D., University of Utah), is a conflict management consultant, mediator, facilitator, and trainer. He is consultant for the Public Dialogue Consortium and a partner in Domenici Littlejohn, Inc. Stephen is co-author of Moral Conflict: When Social Worlds Collide (Sage, 1997) and has written numerous other books and articles on communication and conflict. He was a professor of communication at Humboldt State University in California and is currently Adjunct Professor of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico. He has done research on mediation and conflict management for 19 years and has been an active mediator for eight. Stephen has been a consultant for such clients as the Waco Youth Summit, the Alliance for Constructive Communication, the City of Cupertino, Columbia Basin College, and Washington State University.

Bibliographic information

TitleMoral Conflict: When Social Worlds Collide
AuthorsW. Barnett Pearce, Stephen W. Littlejohn
PublisherSAGE, 1997
ISBN0761900535, 9780761900535
Length234 pages
  
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